Investing.com – U.S. equities were lower at the close on Friday, as losses in the , and sectors propelled shares lower.
At the close in NYSE, the lost 0.32%, while the index fell 0.29%, and the index declined 0.50%.
The biggest gainers of the session on the were Walmart Inc (NYSE:), which rose 1.01% or 0.95 points to trade at 94.76 at the close. Walt Disney Company (NYSE:) added 1.01% or 1.12 points to end at 112.16 and Verizon Communications Inc (NYSE:) was up 0.92% or 0.36 points to 39.54 in late trade.
Biggest losers included NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:), which lost 3.12% or 4.60 points to trade at 142.62 in late trade. Honeywell International Inc (NASDAQ:) declined 1.84% or 4.15 points to end at 221.51 and American Express Company (NYSE:) shed 1.39% or 4.53 points to 321.34.
The top performers on the S&P 500 were Nextera Energy Inc (NYSE:) which rose 5.20% to 72.83, Welltower Inc (NYSE:) which was up 3.41% to settle at 136.75 and Lululemon Athletica Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 3.14% to close at 400.03.
The worst performers were Texas Instruments Incorporated (NASDAQ:) which was down 7.52% to 185.52 in late trade, CF Industries Holdings Inc (NYSE:) which lost 7.50% to settle at 88.10 and Microchip Technology Inc (NASDAQ:) which was down 5.34% to 56.39 at the close.
The top performers on the NASDAQ Composite were Nvni Group Ltd (NASDAQ:) which rose 195.30% to 4.40, Evaxion Biotech AS (NASDAQ:) which was up 65.66% to settle at 6.03 and PMGC Holdings Inc (NASDAQ:) which gained 56.57% to close at 3.10.
The worst performers were Golden Star Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:) which was down 67.38% to 2.91 in late trade, Next Technology Holding Inc (NASDAQ:) which lost 53.95% to settle at 1.40 and Singularity Future Technology Ltd (NASDAQ:) which was down 38.26% to 1.63 at the close.
Advancing stocks outnumbered falling ones by 1484 to 1285 and 100 ended unchanged; on the Nasdaq Stock Exchange, 1670 rose and 1632 declined, while 138 ended unchanged on the New York Stock Exchange.
The , which measures the implied volatility of S&P 500 options, was down 1.13% to 14.85.
In commodities trading, Gold Futures for February delivery was up 0.45% or 12.51 to $2,777.51 a troy ounce. Meanwhile, Crude oil for delivery in March fell 0.09% or 0.07 to hit $74.55 a barrel, while the March Brent oil contract rose 0.17% or 0.13 to trade at $78.42 a barrel.
EUR/USD was up 0.77% to 1.05, while USD/JPY fell 0.08% to 155.93.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.57% at 107.25.
